It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I absolutely love Sofia Helin, which is why i watched this. Also, i love historical dramas such as Vikings. I was disappointed with this movie, especially for a Scandinavian film. The story is generic and superficial. The characters are cardboard cutouts. They have no depth and there is nothing creative or original in the characters or scripts. For example, almost all Sofia does is display emotion and smile, looking stunning. It is a waste of the many fine actors and of all the money spent on it.

Very poor movie overall. It had its chance. Nice battle scenes, nice actors, nice effects and great costumes. But the music is slow and boring, as is the entire action. There is no plot, no suspense, the pace is slow, the actors are just staring and waiting a lot. Lots of scenes are completely unrealistic. And there is too much cheap usage of exaggerated pathetism and too many cheap clichés. The prince and the princess are good and pure, the villains are mean and stupid and say exactly the mean and standard lines they are expected to say.

Arn is a two-hour movie that could be summed up as "terrible things happen to Arn and Cecillia for no apparent reason, then he dies and she mourns."The hero and heroine do everything right almost to the point of being saccharine; he is the devoted Knight, she the pining lost love. Both are dedicated, strong, heroic characters - and both suffer terribly despite their heroic qualities.Perhaps this is how life often is; but by choosing to glorify it, the author spits in the face of his audience. Two hours of thinking "well, you know, eventually their strength of character will be rewarded" only to find out I was wrong.According to Rand, art "is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgments". I wonder what sort of artist enjoys torturing his characters for no apparent reason? Apparently the sort of artist who enjoys torturing his customers as well.

I actually put this in to my Netflix Instant Queue and then avoided it like so many others that I told myself I would get around to. After a few days I figured I would give it a shot. The movie had wonderful acting and the camera work was beautiful! I watched the American version and have since read that the American version is a combination of two movies that are almost twice as long. I will be spending my weekend looking for a copy of both movies to purchase and the American version as well. I will also be looking for the books. I have read that there is now a fourth book so I cant wait to find all of these so I can relive in over and over. Wonderful movie, stellar cast and beautifully shot. I don't think you'll be disappointed. I hope you find this helpful in your next movie selection.